MitchW
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At the young age of 62.
QuoteCharles Phan, a chef whose love of food led to opening the popular Slanted Door restaurants and showcasing modern Vietnamese cuisine throughout the Bay Area and beyond, died on Monday, January 20. He was 62.
I was fortunate enough to eat at Slanted Door any number of times. It was an excellent restaurant, and the later location in San Francisco's Ferry Building offered stunning views as well as fabulous food.
RIP, Chef.
https://sf.eater.com/2025/1/21/24348643/charles-phan-slanted-door-dead-62
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As I'm sure Sneakeater would agree, he was the last surviving member of one of the most influential bands. (And if you'vve never seen The Last Waltz, do yourself a favor and check it out).
At the age of 87. Rock on, Garth.
QuoteMr. Hudson did far more than play the organ. A musical polymath whose work room at home included arcana like sheet music for century-old standards and hymns, he played almost anything — saxophone, accordion, synthesizers, trumpet, French horn, violin — and in endless styles that could at various times be at home in a conservatory, a church, a carnival or a roadhouse.
He was the one who set up, installed and maintained the recording equipment in the pink ranch house in Saugerties, N.Y., where Bob Dylan and the Band recorded more than 100 songs that came to be known as the basement tapes.
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41 minutes ago, relbbaddoof said:
Thanks. I'll have to try this. Your scones look very good.
They’re tasty and not dry, which I guess covers most of the bases.
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48 minutes ago, relbbaddoof said:
What were your flour-butter-egg proportions?
No eggs! (Though I suppose an egg wash might make them prettier).
Ingredients
▢ 384 grams all-purpose flour
▢ 67 grams granulated sugar
▢ 1 tsp salt
▢ 2 1/2 tsp baking powder
▢ 1/2 tsp baking soda
▢ 171 grams unsalted butter frozen and grated (see post)
▢ 250 ml buttermilk
https://theunlikelybaker.com/classic-buttermilk-scones/
I used kefir in lieu of buttermilk.
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I promised Significant Eater some scones, but only if and after she ate some oatmeal. She did.
Scones with currants. Served with butter, French raspberry jam, and a 2nd cup of coffee.
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A baked egg isn't exactly a fried egg.
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Fun!
Mitch McMuffin:
Fra' Mani ham, egg, cheddar on Thomas's English muffin.
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7 hours ago, hollywood said:
Still without thinking too negatively, you have to wonder what the next crisis will be.
January 20th?
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39 minutes ago, Jesikka said:
This reminds me of the time- not so long ago- when Mitch and another close friend and I, trying to cheer Barry up in light of the terrible news offered to have dinner anywhere he wanted. Toward the end of his life, Barry became extremely impatient with formal dining and very nostalgic about old school spots like Parkside and Randazzos. So Barry wants to go to Adrienne’s, which seemed to be chosen solely based on transportation inconvenience and a very very large veal serving. You know you love someone when you agree to go to the Rockaways on a work day weekday. Fwiw, Barry took the subway home. He was definitely a real NYer and man of the people, despite being extremely intellectual.
That place was classic, and it only took us like an hour and 15 minutes to get there! I probably have some pix somewhere; I’ll try to locate them!
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12 hours ago, bloviatrix said:
I wondered about that. It's really sad that he didn't have time to enjoy his new place.
I was actually discussing this with his brother today. He moved in towards the end of January, 2024, and was really just settling in, cooking in his kitchen, unpacking, ordering shelves, furniture, etc. etc.
Sadly, within 2-3 months, he found out he was sick. And that it wasn’t good. Thinking about how excited he was to move to Ridgewood, grab a pretty nice apartment, give us all shit about how Manhattan sucks and Ridgewood was the place to be, it’s all pretty fucking depressing.
But thanks for all the good memories and thoughts you’re sharing.
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5 hours ago, relbbaddoof said:
$18 for a Boars Head turkey wrap at their market).
Are you crazy?
https://defector.com/residual-ham-material-usda-inspection-boars-head-plants
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At 92.
RIP, Chef.
Quote“Basically I am a cook,” he told Nation’s Restaurant News in 1987. “We are not stars. It’s nice to be recognized, but let’s draw the line.”
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4 hours ago, relbbaddoof said:
My question is, did he have a reason for avoiding shelves?
Only that he didn’t live long enough to unpack them?
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12 hours ago, Steve R. said:
I'd bet that his non-music possessions are similarly daunting.
Indeed…he had nice cocktail glasses.
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1 hour ago, sourbroughten said:
wait...are most of those CD's unopened?
Many are unopened.
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56 minutes ago, cinghiale said:
Very impressive. Did he also have a lot of vinyl? I see there’s a turntable next to the amp.
He used to...he gifted a lot of that vinyl over the last few years.
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Proving that plating is overrated:
Especially at 7 AM.
Balthazar pain de seigle avocado toast. Cara Cara orange. Apple. 24-month aged Comté from Formaggio Essex.
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Ahhh, the Monday nights at PDT, with Don (who invented the Staggerac) and John behind the stick. I almost remember having a few with Barry.
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32 minutes ago, Jesikka said:
MitchW is willing to gift Barry’s Beatles box set to you…
Oh, that Beatles box set is going nowhere, especially not to a nowhere man!
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1 hour ago, Wilfrid said:
a bottle of white and a bottle of red
I don't know that Barry would like it phrased like this; sounds too much like a Billy Joel song!
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9 minutes ago, Jesikka said:
During the pandemic, we cooked virtually together every day, along with our friend Mitch, inspiring each other and trying to stay sane but mostly failing to overcome our neuroses, especially in combination.
Lovely tribute.
Fittingly, during the pandemic when Jess, Barry and I were doing all that cooking alone together, Barry broke one of his main dining rules, and that was taking pictures of food when dining out. We would both get pix of his finished dishes, set up at his dining table, along with his wine and accoutrements. It was simply another special thing!
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11 minutes ago, bloviatrix said:
Was there any one particular bar that Sneak loved? Can I suggest that we figure out a time that we meet and have a toast to his memory? I think it's something he would have appreciated.
The bar he really loved closed...Pegu. In general, I don't think he was much of a bar person per se, though he sure loved cocktails and dining at the bars in various restaurants. One of his faves was, and this may surprise some, Donohue's Steak House, on Lexington Avenue.
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1 hour ago, Steve R. said:
I am sorry he’s gone. The world is now a duller place. RIP Sneak.
This morning, over breakfast, Significant Eater and I were laughing and crying over some of the awesome times we'd had with Barry...one that came up was our mutual (mine and B's)
hatreddislike of Joe Bastianich. The 3 of us went to a newly opened seafood restaurant, helmed by April Bloomfield. Called, I believe, The John Dory Oyster Bar. There the 3 of us were, standing at a high top, while Joe was spread out on a table, looking at his laptop. God forbid that bastard got up to offer the 3 of us the table. After all, we were only customers. Man, was Barry pissed off!-
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RIP, Sneak. We had dinner within the last two months, at Torrisi. He’d been sick for probably the last eight to ten months, or at least found out he was sick within that time frame. He’d only entered hospice (or palliative care) in the last week or so, and I, along with two other friends, were set to visit him tomorrow morning. Not happening now.
His memory will certainly be a blessing.
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Garth Hudson
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Kids...
I did see Levon as an audience member for Spectacle...if I'm not mistaken, it was at The Apollo...maybe sometime in 2009.